MCD schools to screen inspirational movies for classes 4 and 5 to motivate students | Education

MCD schools to screen inspirational movies for classes 4 and 5 to motivate students | Education

Nov 30, 2024 05:51 PM IST According to the MCD, films like Chandu Champion, Srikant Balla’s Inspirational Journey, Guthali Laddu, I Am Kalam, and 12th Fail will be shown to the students Schools under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will screen inspirational movies for classes 4 and 5 students, the civic body announced on … Read more

Free primary school breakfast clubs to start next year & give parents extra childcare as headteachers sign up to pilot

Free primary school breakfast clubs to start next year & give parents extra childcare as headteachers sign up to pilot

FREE primary school breakfast clubs will start next year – giving parents extra childcare as headteachers sign up to the pilot scheme. Schools will be able to sign up for the clubs tomorrow – with 750 set to be picked for a year-long pilot starting in April. Parents can get an extra half hour of … Read more

India’s capital shuts schools because of smog

India’s capital shuts schools because of smog

NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes on Monday (Nov 18) until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity’s health crisis. Levels of PM2.5 pollutants – dangerous cancer-causing microparticles that enter the bloodstream through the lungs – were recorded at 57 times above … Read more

Child, 9, among kids investigated by cops for hate incidents after calling classmate a ‘r****d’

Child, 9, among kids investigated by cops for hate incidents after calling classmate a ‘r****d’

CHILDREN as young as nine are among thousands of Brits being investigated by cops for hate incidents. One youngster, just nine years old, was clocked for calling a primary school classmate a “r*****d”, it has been reported. 3 A child as young as nine was included in police NCHI records (stock image)Credit: Getty 3 Cops … Read more

Student nets £36,000 after being hit by tennis racquet — following string of bizarre council compensation claims

Student nets £36,000 after being hit by tennis racquet — following string of bizarre council compensation claims

A STUDENT netted £36,000 after he was hit by a tennis racquet — part of a string of council compensation claims. One got £9,000 when a goal they were leaning against fell on them, while £4,500 went to a pupil pushed in the playground. They were among 92 payouts to children last year totalling £1.3million. … Read more

Scots kids as young as four told to address teachers with gender-neutral Mx pronoun

Scots kids as young as four told to address teachers with gender-neutral Mx pronoun

SCOTS children as young as FOUR are being told to address staff with gender-neutral pronouns by their school teachers. The titles being used are terms for people who identify as non-binary – neither male nor female regardless of their sex. 2 Children as young as four are being encouraged to use gender-neutral terms to address … Read more

Why DPS says it must close Denver schools to avert “full-blown crisis”

Why DPS says it must close Denver schools to avert “full-blown crisis”

Carrie Olson remembers the first time she was told Denver Public Schools would need to close schools because fewer babies were being born. She had only been on the Board of Education for a year or two when the state demographer predicted the difficult decision that Olson — first elected in 2017 — and her … Read more

Community college enrollment gains led by dual enrollment

Community college enrollment gains led by dual enrollment

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Dual-enrolled high school students are closing in on accounting for nearly half of Colorado’s community college enrollment, according to fall 2024 enrollment data. Of the 88,118 students enrolled at the two-year level, more than 39,000 students statewide are still in high … Read more

Pakistan shuts primary schools in Lahore over record pollution

Pakistan shuts primary schools in Lahore over record pollution

CHILDREN PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE On Saturday, the concentration of deadly PM2.5 pollutants – fine particulate matter in the air that causes most damage to health – was more than 40 times the level deemed acceptable by the WHO. PM2.5 levels on Sunday morning exceeded that before decreasing slightly. Last week, the provincial environmental protection agency announced … Read more

Millions of Apple fans can cut £100 off gadget prices using little-known shopping trick

Millions of Apple fans can cut £100 off gadget prices using little-known shopping trick

YOU could slash a huge sum of money off the price of an iPad or Mac with a savvy savings trick. It’s available on gadgets bought via the Apple Store – and millions will be eligible. 3 The entry-level iPad Air gets a £50 price cut if you buy it through Apple’s Education StoreCredit: Apple … Read more